Milan Stanković

Milan Stanković
Милан Станковић

Milan Stanković in Oslo
Background information
Birth name Milan Stanković
Also known as Miki, Plavi čuperak
Born September 9, 1987 (1987-09-09) (age 24)
Obrenovac, Yugoslavia
Origin Serbia
Genres Pop, Folk
Occupations Singer
Years active 2007–present
Labels Grand Production

Milan Stanković (Serbian: Милан Станковић, born in Obrenovac, September 9, 1987) is a Serbian pop-folk singer.

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Biography

Born in Belgrade suburb of Obrenovac, Milan started his career taking part in musical contest Zvezde Granda, where he became a favorite of the audience (SMS votes put him in the first place in 12 out of 14 contest shows). He entered the super-final and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appear on the compilation disks "Zvezde Granda" (circulation of 100,000 copies). In addition to performances in the former Yugoslavia territory, he also recorded great success in his performances in Switzerland, Hungary and USA.

In May 2009, Milan’s debut album “Solo” reached sales of 50,000 copies.

Eurovision 2010

He also competed in Tri pa jedan za Oslo, the Serbian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. He won the competition and represented Serbia with the song "Ovo je Balkan" (This is the Balkans)[1][2] in the finals of the European contest, where Milan finished in 13th place.[3]

Career

After Eurovision, when Milan was back in Serbia, he entered a conflict with Sasa Popovic (the director of Grand Production). Milan then disappeared from the music scene and went into hiding. After more than one year in June, Milan released his song "Perje" for who Milan is the compositor. The song had very big success in Serbia and around the Balkan areas. In October 2011 Milan resolved the problem with Grand Production and they then canceled the contract. After the canceling the contract Milan started the Europe Tour; the first place for the tour was Switzerland, JIL CLUB. Now Milan is the best young singer from the part of Zvezde Granda. He has big International Fan Clubs and fans all around the world. They are preparing surprises fro him, and they are following him in every step. For his fans he said: Everything I am doing, that is for my fans. I love them and they are my power. The name of the Milan fan club is "KRASIVA" and their logo is "FEEL THE KRASIVA POWER". Milan has large fan clubs in: Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Romania, USA, Poland, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Albania, Montenegro and all over the world.

References

  1. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (2010-03-13). "Milan Stanković takes home victory in Serbia". European Broadcasting Union. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=10463&_t=Milan+Stankovi%C4%87+takes+home+victory+in+Serbia. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
  2. ^ Klier, Marcus (2010-03-13). "Serbia sends Milan Stanković to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/15382. Retrieved 13 March 2010. 
  3. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/oslo2010/the-participants/final
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Marko Kon and Milaan
with "Cipela"		 Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2010		 Succeeded by
Nina
with "Čaroban"
Winners
Branislav Mojićević (2004) • Milica Todorović (2005) • Dušan Svilar (2007) • Darko Lazić (2009) • Stefan Petrušić (2011)
Famous competitors
Tanja Savić • Slavica Ćukteraš • Darko Filipović • Nemanja Nikolić • Stevan Anđelković • Milan Stanković • Radmila Manojlović • Silvija Nedeljković • Nemanja Stevanović • Katarina Živković • Milan Topalović Topalko • Saša Kapor • Svetlana Tanasić • Milena Ćeranić • Biljana Sečivanović • Ivana Pavković • Milan Mitrović
Presenters
Saša Popović • Ines Gavrilović (2004-05) • Ena Popov & Marko Miljković (2007) • Silvija Nedeljković & Nemanja Stevanović (2009) • Vladimir Stanojević & Ljubinka Dobrosavljev Buba (2011) • Milan Mitrović & Ana Sević (2012)
See also